Marina holds a B. A. in International Relations from São Paulo State University, a Master’s degree in Development Studies from Lund University, Sweden, and a Specialisation in Project Management from ESALQ/USP. Marina has experience with social projects, fundraising and e-learning and as a volunteer at the Institute of Sustainable Development from Franca and at Afrika Kontakt (Denmark).

She was selected for the New Generation Incentive Programme at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) and for the exchange programme at the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE). Marina previously completed an internship at the IPC-IG in the area of Project Management in 2014 and is currently working at the Centre as a Knowledge Management Assistant with the socialprotection.org team. She is involved in the TRANSFORM project.